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Termination of rewriting is undecidable in the one-rvle case

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Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1988 (MFCS 1988)

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Abstract

It is well known that it is undecidable whether a term rewriting system is terminating. We prove in this paper that the property remains undecidable if the system has only one rule.

The preparation of this paper was supported in part by the "GRECO de Programmation" and the PRC "Kathématiques et Informatique".

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Michal P. Chytil Václav Koubek Ladislav Janiga

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Dauchet, M. (1988). Termination of rewriting is undecidable in the one-rvle case. In: Chytil, M.P., Koubek, V., Janiga, L. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1988. MFCS 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 324. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017149

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